Introduction
Bigfoot which is also referred to as Sasquatch is a large hairy humanoid that is beleived to be sighted in northwestern United States and western Canada. A Soviet scientist, Boris Porshnev, suggested that Sasquatch and his Siberian counterpart, the Almas, could be a remnant of Neanderthals, but most scientists do not recognize the creature’s existence.. Supposed evidence of Bigfoot, including sightings, photographs, footprints, etc, have been presented throughout the 20th century. Some people credit the British explorer David Thompson with the first discovery of Sasquatch footprints in 1811. Post which several photographers and videographers have claimed to see the Sasquatch, although none of their purpoted evidence have been verified.
Throughout this project we try to explore the given datasets to answer a couple of different questions through interactive visualizations such as trends in sightings and what characterestics affect the same.
The above map shows the number of Bigfoot sightings within the contiguous United States. The areas marked in red shows the exact sightings where Bigfoot was seen whereas the areas marked in blue shows the interpolated location of Bigfoot sightings. The area with black dots represent the areas without any sightings. The sightings follow a gradient as the darker the shade of red gets the higher the number of sightings are.
By looking at the map above we can interpret that the maximum number of sightings can be attributed to the state of Washington. It is seen that the sighings are focused towards the north west, north and some of them towards the east of the country. The middle of the country does not have a lot of sightings as compared to the east and west as the temperature is comparatively higher.